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The University of New Mexico is continuing to investigate more than $50,000 in cash withdrawals by a Lobo men’s basketball staff member using the team’s purchasing card.
UNM is still “four to six weeks” away from completing the internal audit and deciding whether to pursue criminal charges against Cody Hopkins, the team’s director of operations, who has been on leave since December, UNM officials said.
However, UNM has sent the state auditor a notification of a possible criminal violation.
A Dec. 18 email from UNM internal audit director Manu Patel obtained by the Journal indicates the university could not account for $55,400 in ATM withdrawals from July 5 to Dec.